good morning, robert. >> good morning, guys. how are you? >> good. i also want to give you an opportunity to respond to that tape that was air bid fox, the president talking about what happened in new orleans. does the president believe the bush administration did not help the victims of had hurricane ka treen a because of their race? >> well, look, as you said, the president said that the incompetence that surround ed hurricane katrina was color blind. disaster assistance requires a 10% match for communities to qualify for disaster assistance. we waived it for hurricane andrew, we waived it for new york city in 9 the/11 and barack obama and members of the mississippi and louisiana delegations all believed we should also waive it for new orleans. >> you're not worried about that effects of this tape? >> if the republicans want to defend the bush administration's response to katrina, i'm sure the president would give them his time during the debate to do that. i have to say i'm a little amazed that a widely covered speech likely by people at your netw